Ham Radio: Retevis Ailunce HD1 DMR Radio - Hidden Gem
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2023
- Ham Radio: Retevis Ailunce HD1 DMR Radio - Hidden Gem.
Two weeks ago I received the Ailunce HD1 in the post from Retevis, a DMR radio that has gone some what under the radar! Retevis seem to have taken a different approach to DMR radio making programming a dream and simplicity its self. I am not going down the route of showing you all how to program or use the radio, that's been done- I am just giving my opinion of what I believe to be one of the best sounding DMR radio at a good price.
Dual band Ham band Radio: 144-146MHZ(RX/TX) 430-440MHZ(RX/TX) (DMR)
See website for details
www.amazon.co.uk/Ailunce-Chan...
This video/upload is my view of the Ailunce HD1, I am not paid, sponsored or affiliated with Retevis in any way. Hope you enjoy...
Just for fun
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Mike - M0MSN
P.S. do not take my word for it, give it a go for yourself. - Розваги
I bought the Ailunce HD1 over 5 years ago before Retevis bought them out.
I just purchased the Ailunce HA1G gmrs radio, a mirrored twin to the HD1.
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Got mine 2 years ago and it's a keeper. Easy to program, the Zone option is perfect as I have both single and dual hotspots as well as 'groups' of analogue repeaters. Highly recommended ...
Says it all
Hi Mike, I've been involved with Ailunce (pronounced like Balance minus the B!) prior to the release of the HD1 over 5 years ago and still have the Beta test radio in operation today. I am/was part of a small test group and we still run a very active Facebook page dedicated to the product. Ailunce is in fact a sub division of Retevis, set up to introduce products aimed purely at the Amateur Radio market. The FB group was very very active with excellent banter, good and bad, after the launch of the HD1. A place where code plugs were shared and problems/fixes were discussed. As I said, I still use the HD1 (no serial number!) almost daily. Thanks for the video...
Thanks for the comment, I do like this radio and enjoy using it on both DMR and standard FM, a really good bit of kit.
Thanks for sharing, and for your hard work in testing. It is truly a solid little radio, especially for the price.
If you have any contact with the developers, you may wish to suggest a change that would make the GPS feature a lot more useful. Right now, the receiving radio only displays lat/long coordinates of the transmitting radio. It would be way more useful for the receiving radio to display a bearing and distance (e.g. 82 degrees [ENE] 1.7 miles) to the transmitting one. This would not be a remotely heavy lift for the devs.
Me aswll over 2 years ago your way behind mate .Still using it today
Thanks for sharing this video. Last week I was given one of these
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Wow nice
I've got one. There's not much to dislike about the radio. The price was reasonable (~ $150), build quality is excellent, and battery life is very good (mine runs 8-12 hours a day Monday through Friday and I charge it about once a week). The menu system took a little getting used to, but once you sort that out it's very easy to use. No buyers remorse here.
perfect
The HD-1 was my first DMR radio. I've had it for over 4 years and still use it regularly. As you said, really easy to program from the front panel. Only issues I've had are having to turn it on twice for it to boot up and the internal battery doesn't keep the time/date unless I leave the radio for a couple of hours at a time. I don't call those 'issues,' just idiocynracies. WØRHP
Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge. Solid unit for sure. Excellent build quality. Built in encryption, which can be easily facilitated by an inexpensive commercial license. Otherwise, it's ileeeeeeeeegal!
Only negative in addition to the small dim screen is the firmware. Very little development for such a mature product. GPS implementation is particularly bad. The receiving radio simply displays the lat/long GPS coordinates of the transmitting radio. It would be way more useful for the receiving radio to display a bearing and distance (e.g. 82 degrees [ENE] 1.7 miles to the transmitting one. Implementing this would be far from difficult from the devs.
got two of these brilliant radio's had mine for a longer than 5yrs
Thanks for awesome content.
Thanks for watching!
The Ailunce HD2 has been released, I wonder if you could get a review model from Retevis to see if it’s worth the upgrade?
still waiting !
APRS TX and RX? Can it be configured to run encrypted comms? Compatible with Meshtastic nets?
Thank you for sharing , I was wondering if this radio can be programmed for analogue UHF PMR 446 ?.
Yes, either manually but rather tediously but u can use chirp or Retevis program.
Thank you , that was much appreciated .@@Twisted1409
@@Twisted1409 Not seeing this radio in Chirp as an option. Any additional information would be great! Thanks in advance